English. The Wholly-black Malimbiis. The Small black Weai'er. The 

 White-naj^ed Weaver-bird. 



French. Le Malimbe tout-noir. Le Tisserin Noir. 



German. Der ganz schwarze Malimbus. Der schwarze Wehervogel. 



Habitat. West Africa ; extending its range fi'om Fantee to Angola. 



Localities. Fantee and Denkera (Ussher) ; Cameroon Mountains and 

 Bimbia (Bcichenow) ; Gaboon (Du Chaillu and Reichenow) ; Cape 

 Lopez {Verreaux) ; River Camraa and Moonda {Du Chaillu); 

 Chinchosho {^Petit and Falkensteiii) ; Cabinda, Loango {Petit, Perrein, 

 and Falkenstein) ; River Congo and Angola (^Perrein). 



Male. Black ; primaries and tail slightly tinged with brown, quills white along the edges, 

 below the outer web ; axillaries and under wing-coverts black ; under surface of wing 

 and tail dull black, bases of body-feathers dark slaty-grey ; iris straw-yellow ; bill black ; 

 feet dark brown : length 6'05, wing 3'3, tail 2'35, tarsus 085, culmen 0'75. No. 1. 



Female. Above olive-green, centre of each feather dark-brown, broadest on the mantle, 

 and edged with yellowish-olive ; rump and upper tail-covai'ts yellowish-brown ; eyebrow 

 greyish-green ; primaries and secondaries brownish-black, edged with pale yellowish- 

 brown, broader and paler on the inner secondaries and greater wing-coverts ; tail- 

 feathers brownish-black ; under surface of body pale greyish-green, centre of belly pale 

 yellow ; sides and flanks brownish ; under tail-coverts pale reddish-brown ; axillaries 

 and under wing-coverts grey edged with yellow ; iris pale brown ; bill greyish-brown ; 

 feet dirty fresh colour. 



Young. " Upper parts dark green with longitudinal stripes of brown and black, under 

 parts dull yellow darker on the sides ; wings and tail in some specimens brown, in others 

 black. Bill lighter coloured than in the adult, under mandible nearly white." — 

 {Cassin). 



Jun. "Supra obscure viridis, fusco et nigricante striatus ; subtus obsolete flavidus, 

 lateribus obscurioribus ; alis et cauda in nonnullis f uscis, in aliis nigris ; rostro pallidiore, 

 mandibula fere albida " (Ilart/aub). 



Young. " Head and back dark olive-brown, each feather with a central line of black ; 

 rump rufous brown ; cheeks, throat, and upper part of breast and flanks olive-yellow ; 

 rest of under parts bright yellow ; under tail-coverts dark buff; wings and tail dark 

 purplish-brown ; edges of secondaries yellow : length 6.^ inches, wing 3j, tail 3^, 

 culmen f " {D. G. Elliot). 



